496 Religion Christianisierung Frankreich
Baptism of Clovis
At Reims the Frankish king converts to Nicene Christianity. The alliance of throne and altar shapes the medieval West.
Der europäische Aufbau begann nicht 1950. Dieser Faden verbindet das antike Erbe, die jüdisch-christliche Matrix und die heutige Union.
29 Ereignisse
496 Religion Christianisierung Frankreich
At Reims the Frankish king converts to Nicene Christianity. The alliance of throne and altar shapes the medieval West.
529 Ereignis Christianisierung Italien
At Monte Cassino, Benedict writes the rule that will structure Western monasticism and preserve ancient texts.
537 Ereignis Christianisierung Türkei
Justinian completes a dome that European architecture will take a thousand years to equal.
589 Religion Christianisierung Spanien
The Visigothic king Reccared abjures Arianism. Spain joins Nicene Christendom and shapes its liturgy.
590 Ereignis Christianisierung Irland
The Irish monk founds Luxeuil then Bobbio and replants monastic life in Gaul and Italy.
597 Religion Christianisierung Vereinigtes Königreich
Sent by Gregory the Great, he founds the see of Canterbury and ties the island to Rome.
681 Ereignis Mittelalter Bulgarien
Byzantium recognises a Bulgarian state south of the Danube: Europe’s oldest still-named Slavic state.
711 Krieg Mittelalter Spanien
The Visigothic kingdom collapses. By the tenth century Córdoba is one of the largest cities in the world.
756 Ereignis Mittelalter Vatikanstadt
The Donation of Pepin founds a temporal power that will last eleven centuries.
793 Krieg Mittelalter Norwegen
The sack of the English monastery conventionally opens the Viking age.
800 Person Christianisierung Deutschland Frankreich
In Rome, Pope Leo III restores the Western Empire for the King of the Franks — the shared political matrix of France and Germany.
800 Text Mittelalter Irland
A masterpiece of insular illumination, symbol of Ireland’s role in transmitting texts.
863 Religion Christianisierung Slowakei
The two brothers from Thessalonica create the Glagolitic alphabet and the first Slavic liturgy.
864 Religion Christianisierung Bulgarien
Bulgaria adopts Byzantine Christianity and welcomes the disciples of Cyril and Methodius.
870 Ereignis Mittelalter Malta
Two centuries of Aghlabid rule give Maltese its Semitic base.
886 Institution Christianisierung Nordmazedonien
Clement and Naum train thousands of clerics there and spread Slavic writing.
893 Ereignis Christianisierung Bulgarien
The school of Preslav devises the script that will serve Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian.
907 Ereignis Mittelalter Slowakei
The first West Slavic state collapses; the territory passes to Hungary for a thousand years.
925 Ereignis Mittelalter Kroatien
Tomislav is recognised as king; the country anchors itself in Latin Christendom.
930 Institution Mittelalter Island
At Þingvellir the world’s oldest still-functioning parliament is born.
962 Ereignis Mittelalter Deutschland
Otto I is crowned in Rome. The Empire claims direct descent from ancient Rome and acts as the secular arm of the Church.
963 Institution Mittelalter Luxemburg
Siegfried acquires a rock on the Alzette: the castle will give the country its name.
965 Ereignis Christianisierung Dänemark
Harald Bluetooth proclaims the Christianisation of the Danes: the kingdom’s birth certificate.
966 Religion Christianisierung Polen
Poland chooses Latin Christianity, a decision that durably fixes its cultural place in Europe.
988 Religion Christianisierung Ukraine
Vladimir chooses Byzantine Christianity; Eastern Europe swings into Constantinople’s orbit.
996 Ereignis Mittelalter Österreich
An imperial charter names for the first time the “eastern realm”, origin of the name Österreich.
1000 Person Christianisierung Ungarn
Pope Sylvester II sends a crown: Hungary enters Latin Christendom.
1000 Religion Christianisierung Island
The assembly collectively decides to adopt Christianity to preserve civil peace.
1000 Religion Christianisierung Schweden
The baptism of Olof Skötkonung anchors the kingdom to Latin Christendom and to writing.